E(8) quiver gauge theory amd mirror symmetry.
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| Year of publication | 2001 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of High Energy Physics |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://jhep.cern.ch/stdsearch?paper=05(2001)021 |
| Field | Theoretical physics |
| Keywords | mirror symmetry; D-branes; quiver guage theory; algebraic geometry |
| Description | We show that the Higgs branch of a four-dimensional Yang-Mills theory, with gauge and matter content summarised by an E_8 quiver diagram, is identical to the generalised Coulomb branch of a four-dimensional superconformal strongly coupled gauge theory with E_8 global symmetry. This is the final step in showing that there is a Higgs-Coulomb identity of this kind for each of the cases {0}, A_1, A_2, D_4, E_6, E_7 and E_8. This series of equivalences suggests the existence of a mirror symmetry between the quiver theories and the strongly coupled theories. We also discuss how to interpret the parameters of the quiver gauge theory in terms of the Hanany-Witten picture. |
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